Causes of current unrest amongst young people (March, high school, education)

[le roi]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

2 year CC and then transfer to a university for the last 2 years.

I think that's a perfectly fine plan to lower costs by 10-20%

but CC is not all that much cheaper than 4-year uni. It is still going to require either student loans or parental wealth.

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by le roi

i assume inane posts like these are a contributing factor towards your 1:10 ratio of posts to reputation.

No, it's merely an artifact of the fact that people, mostly liberals, don't like to hear the truth.

Wah! Wah! Corporate profits! Wah!

And in their next breath... Gimme an iPhone! Gimme an iPad! Gimme a Mac/PC!

Hypocrites... the lot.

[JGMotorsport64]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

2 year CC and then transfer to a university for the last 2 years.
Use your state system for lower tuition costs.
Even better if you can be a commuter student.
Work while taking classes..so it takes a year or two longer to get the degree but much less debt.

I know families in Austin that sent their kids to UT and had them live there in the dorms for the "college experience".
Granted they had the money to do it but that's only "feeding the beast".

I think you're right, but that first year of college is something that should be experienced by those who choose to go to college. There is nothing else like leaving your parents home as a 17 year old and thrust into school insofar as even living on the campus and its shenanigans.

I miss college...

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by le roi

I think that's a perfectly fine plan to lower costs by 10-20%

but CC is not all that much cheaper than 4-year uni. It is still going to require either student loans or parental wealth.

Here in Texas it is. About $100/credit vs $700/credit..cc vs university

[workingclasshero]

Originally Posted by le roi

I think that's a perfectly fine plan to lower costs by 10-20%

but CC is not all that much cheaper than 4-year uni. It is still going to require either student loans or parental wealth.

oh please

nearly everyone is eligible for pell grant which cover about 10k per year

get scholarships....there are million of scholarships out there...some for as little as 50 bucks other to full rides

also many employers are paying for secondary education

jobs are available to include work-studies

and take a loan for whats left


the real question is DO YOU REALLY WANT THE EDUCATION, or do you want to be a slacker for the rest of your life

[Heaveno]

Many companies are hiring students who are graduating from the Community College. Due to the increase in CTE programs, many students are taking advantage of the high school programs and finishing up by getting an Associate. Once they graduate or sometimes before, they will accept either an internship or get a job with the company that will most likely pay for their Bachelor degree. I am an advocate of the Community College. The Democracy college it is!

College Students*Are Graduating Into an Incredible Job Market - Bloomberg Business

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by Heaveno

Many companies are hiring students who are graduating from the Community College. Due to the increase in CTE programs, many students are taking advantage of the high school programs and finishing up by getting an Associate. Once they graduate or before they accept either an internship or job with the company that will most likely pay for their Bachelor degree.

Comapnies "pay for" a bachelor's degree? Not quite. The IRS limit is $5,250 reimbursement per year for qualifying employees. It's a "corporate welfare" tax deduction according to Dems/liberals so that amount hasn't increased since 1986. Sorry, college students.

[GregW]

OP - the causes are pretty much the same. Rising tuition and book costs, stagnant economy with relatively few jobs, obvious racial and wealth disparities all made the students of the late 1960's restless and there was also a minor matter called the Military Draft. If you were male and did not want to get sent to cannon fodder in a minor war in Vietnam, you went to college for the deferment. The Catch 22 was they could get you after you graduated.

FWIW - All of these but the Draft were a concern. I was a 'Nam Veteran when I went to college.

[Heaveno]

Originally Posted by InformedConsent

Comapnies "pay for" a bachelor's degree? Not quite. The IRS limit is $5,250 reimbursement per year for qualifying employees. It's a "corporate welfare" tax deduction according to Dems/liberals so that amount hasn't increased since 1986. Sorry, college students.

I am in education, and the institutions I have worked paid for both my Bachelor's and my Education Specialist degree. Both were acquired after 1986. I guess it depends on where you live and who you work for, because I have many students who are getting their college education fully paid for from their employers. I also know of some companies that have reduced this benefit and the students are taking out more loan money. I am speaking of working full-time adults.

[Heaveno]

My son works at Best Buy and these are his benefits and he gets scholarships, so no Student Loans for him. Winning!!! He is a Computer Technology Major, and he does attend the two-year campus for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio which is cheaper than the four-year campus because he does not like Dorm Life. This is the route he chose-although he has legacy at the four-year institution, where he will be going next year as he enters into his third year of college with assistance and scholarships, and his own job and apartment. Makes a mommy and daddy proud!! Proud Alumni we are!

https://corporate.bestbuy.com/wp-con...licy-final.pdf